From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, a political thriller with multiple storylines that weave together showing the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power. As a career CIA operative begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to, an up-and-coming oil broker faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with an idealistic Gulf prince. A corporate lawyer faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies, while across the globe, a disenfranchised Pakistani teenager falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the world.
Production Warner Bros. Pictures (presents); Participant Productions (in association with); Section Eight; 4M (as 4M Productions); MID Foundation;
Cast Names Kayvan Novak; George Clooney; Amr Waked; Christopher Plummer; Jeffrey Wright; Chris Cooper; Robert Foxworth; Nicky Henson; Nicholas Art; Matt Damon; Amanda Peet; Steven Hinkle; Daisy Tormé; Peter Gerety; Richard Lintern; Jocelyn Quivrin; Mazhar Munir; Shahid Ahmed; Bikram Singh Bhamra; Roger Yuan; Jayne Atkinson; Thomas McCarthy; Jamey Sheridan; Randall Boffman; Tony French; Max Minghella; Katie Foster; Nadim Sawalha; Alexander Siddig; Ozzie Yue; Akbar Kurtha; Sonnell Dadral; Jon Lee Anderson; Othman Bin Hendi; Bashar Atiyat; Ali Al Amine; William Charles Mitchell; Tim Blake Nelson; Ahmed Aa Mohammed; Ahmed Ayoub;
Box Office USD 50,815,288
Release Date 2005-11-23 (limited) 2005-12-09
Genres Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for violence and language.